I agree with the others. Chances are that all our quilts will survive the first wash - but better to know that before gifting them. Also I think it's much nicer to give a freshly laundered quilt as a gift, rather than one that has unknown amounts of starch, sizing, other chemicals... The other reason I launder my quilts is that I expect the quilt to look slightly different - maybe puffy from shrinkage of the batting - after washing. I don't want the recipient to think that they "ruined" the quilt after their first washing just because it looks different - it was meant to be that way!